Hi All,
I've been reading everything I could find for DIY e-juice. My solution is 2 pronged: 1) Nicotine extraction & 2) Flavoring.
I didn't keep accurate measurements but I used 2 1/2 oz of Carter Hall pipe tobacco to both extract nicotine & create flavoring.
To extract nicotine, I placed 2/3 c of tobacco in the pot of a automatic coffee maker. The tobacco was moderately packed. Not loose & fluffy but not rammed hard either. I added 16 oz of water & turned on to brew. I left the resulting tobacco tea sit on the hot plate for an hour. I then filtered it through a coffee filter & returned the filtered liquid to the pot then back on the machine's hot plate. I left it to "stew" until the remaining liquid was a dark brown syrup. I had approximately 1 Tablespoon of liquid remaining. This took at least 8 hrs.
This idea for the flavoring was posted somewhere on this forum which I adjusted to suit my perceived taste.
I filled a 12 oz jar half way with tobacco ramming it down pretty hard. I then added VG to nearly the top. I let it stand for a couple of hrs shaking occasionally. I then added about 1 shot of dark rum, several drops of vanilla extract, a couple of tablespoons of coarsely ground French roast coffee, & 2 pinches of cayenne. I occasionally shook the jar & waited until the nicotine extraction was complete. This occasioned an overnight wait, since I halted the extraction while I went to bed. To finish I drained through a sieve, then a tea strainer. I had about 4 oz of flavoring at the end.
I experimented with the nicotine extraction by adding a drop to a teaspoon of flavoring & trying it out until I was satisfied with the nicotine level.
I love this stuff almost as much as a real cigarette. Clouds of smoke, smooth, flavorful, & not sickly sweet. With a good battery & clean atomizer it's very good.
Comments
Not as strong a throat hit as I would like. I tried adding some vodka to a sample, as recommended, & less vapor, less taste, & no throat hit improvement.
Next time: I'm going to use the fill-yourself teabags to hold the tobacco for both initially extracting nicotine & flavoring. I'm going to mix expresso powder with the rum because even coarsely ground coffee has some small hard to filter bits. I'm also thinking of using Cognac instead of rum & perhaps chipotle instead of the cayenne. I think I'll add all the ingredients to the flavoring at once instead of piecemill.
If anyone KNOWS how to get a good throat hit, I'd love to know.
If anyone KNOWs of a reliable & reasonably priced source for 4081 batteries, please share. I was very happy with Puresmoker but they've gone to some "screwdriver" type. (Sorry but the cig. look is important to me.)
Doris
